ghostwrite

[ gohst-rahyt ]
/ ˈgoʊstˌraɪt /
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verb (used with or without object), ghost·wrote, ghost·writ·ten, ghost·writ·ing.

to write as a ghost writer.

Origin of ghostwrite

First recorded in 1925–30; back formation from ghost writer

Words nearby ghostwrite

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Words related to ghostwrite

form, devise, conceive, invent, write, pen, produce, design, orchestrate, ghost, originate, formulate, author, fabricate, contrive, frame, script, discover, imagine, cast

British Dictionary definitions for ghostwrite

ghostwrite
/ (ˈɡəʊstˌraɪt) /

verb -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written

to write (an autobiographical or other article) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author Often shortened to: ghost

Derived forms of ghostwrite

ghostwriter, noun